UNION COUNTY - A 29-year-old North Plainfield police officer has been indicted on charges related to sexually assaulting a woman at a Kenilworth motel last year.

Mike Jean-Baptise was indicted by a Union County grand jury on sexual assault, official misconduct, both second degree crimes and criminal sexual contact, a fourth degree crime, according to acting Union County Prosecutor Ann M. Luvera.

The Kenilworth Police Department referred the case to the Union County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit, according to Union County Assistant Prosecutor Scott Peterson, who is handling the case.

An investigation indicated Jean-Baptiste met the woman while on duty on March 2, 2017 and allegedly sexually assaulted her at The Kenilworth, a hotel located just off the Garden State Parkway, later that night, Peterson said.

He was arrested and taken into custody in North Plainfield in July 2017 and transported to the Union County Jail in Elizabeth.

Jean-Baptiste is on unpaid leave from the North Plainfield Police Department, according to Police Chief William Parenti.